THE BUZZ : While we're unsure what Gru is up to in the sequel to the runaway worldwide hit, we do know that the Minions have a spin-off movie slated for 2014 as Illumination Entertainment (the production company behind this budding franchise as well as The Lorax) has become Universal's most reliable entity. Scoring Al Pacino to voice Gru's foe is a casting coup - not like kids would know him from Adam, or Gru.